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Praia do Guincho, located directly after Cascais when heading out from
Lisbon, is one of the best spots in Portugal for surfing wind
surfing and more recently kitesurfing. Portugal frequently holds national and international
competitions at this location. July and August are the best months for
these sports, but the wind begins to blow in May and goes on until
October.
Guincho is probably the most radical wavespot of Portugal. Especially
in winter, the waves get big here. But, the most consistent winds blow
in summer. The wind direction is then between north-west and
north-east.
The south side of the beach is usually chosen by surfers and the north
side has much better conditions for wind surfers and kitesurfers.
On this beach you'll find plenty of summertime entertainment, brought
to you in the bars and restaurants sitting along the coast.
From here you can go on to Cape Roca, the most western point on
mainland Europe and then on to charming Sintra, home of wonderful
palaces and gardens.!
Dimanche 3 Février après-midi, le DAL (Droit Au Logement) a occupé un gymnase rue du Renard pendant quelques heures. Après la promesse d'un rendez-vous avec Delanoë la semaine prochaine, les 150 à 200 militants et familles ont quitté les lieux vers 20h30, après une brève manifestation jusqu'à la place de l'Hôtel de Ville.
Dans le gymnase, les enfants passent le temps en jouant, sautant des espaliers sur les matelas.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Droit Au Logement (Recommended as a slideshow)
Here is a recent image to break up my recent Tahoe photos. I had to go tonight and see the impending storm that is making its way down the Pacific coast. Early this morning we had hail, which is unique since we live right on the beach. I ran up the coast just North of Santa Cruz. The whole way up all I could do was keep my eyes on these crazy sun beams. Seriously the whole ocean was lit up by isolated beams hitting the surface North, South and West of Santa Cruz.
As I ran down the cliff to the beach I watched the beams disappear. I just missed them. I am sure that up North they were going off, but I was already down at the site by that time, and it would take 30 minutes to run up the hill and find another site.
Here is my version of the approaching storm, that is sure to bring a week of power outages, flooding and more snow and hail.
Nikon D300
Tokina 11-16mm @ 11mm
ISO 100
f/11 for 2s
Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse
Lee .6 soft GND
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Model: Marlene Senko
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I have been wanting to do a shoot like this for a while. Ever since I saw Simon Filip's stop motion I have been so inspired by it. I love how there was so much detail in his music video and it was all so beautiful.
I set up this shoot by myself. This was the first shoot I have ever done that was well thought out. Usually my photos come to me and I shoot, but this one I thought long and hard about it.
This photo wouldnt look it's best without a little help of some people. I would like to thank my grandmother for allowing me to use her typewriter and flowers, my little sister for letting me use her butterfly (the one on the table in the jar - it is real but dead). I would also like to thank my friend Daniel for letting me use his birdcage at short notice. I appreciate it. And i would also like to thank my mom for driving me and my model to this location and sitting in the 90 degree weather for 2 hours while we shoot. Last but certainly not least, thank you Marlene. I am so glad you like doing shoots with me. You are so beautiful and patient with me and you didnt care that it was hot and the ants were crawling on you. :)
After having a fantastic chocolate fondue, my friend and I decided to have a walk and to take some pictures in the streets of Augsburg. She grabbed her EOS 5D and the Nifty Fifty and I used my EOS 400D with the EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM (my EF 50mm f1.8 was stolen during the Stars & Cars event) otherwise we would have had a quite interesting comparison for both cameras.
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Explored - Feb. 16, 2009 - Thank you all so very much!
Thanks Donna for the explore update!
Where:
Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
Near midnight after a snow storm last month
What:
Roaming the streets downtown just after a snow storm last month. I've tried shooting these street lamps with the lit wreaths around them a couple times. Once from the pedway above the street but never really liked the PoV I got. Anyway a couple buddies wanted to go downtown to get some snow shots. I crossed the street here with the camera setup on the tripod and just plunked it down, fired off a shot and ran before the truck ran over me! :-)
I mentioned it before but I just can't get over the cool starburst from this cheap "nifty-fifty" lens. If you own a Nikon, Canon or Pentax (maybe the others too?) go out and spend the $100 and pick up one of these lenses!
After always posting up pictures of fishing boats and villages I thought I should show you a little bit of the city for a change :-)
What I learned:
Wear a big coat to protect your camera from the snow when you aren't shooting. Also bring lots of little lens wipes.
You:
I appreciate all comments, tips, questions & faves! No need for glitzy awards, your "real" comments are much better!
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Nikon D90 : Nikkor 50mm 1.8D lens : 3s @ f/22 : ISO 400
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I lose control because of you babe
I lose control when you look at me like this
There's something in your eyes that is saying tonight
I'm not a child anymore, life has opened the door
To a new exciting life
I lose control when I'm close to you babe
I lose control don't look at me like this
There's something in your eyes, is this love at first sight
Like a flower that grows, life just wants you to know
All the secrets of life
It's all written down in your lifelines
It's written down inside your heart
You and I just have a dream
To find our love a place, where we can hide away
You and I were just made
To love each other now, forever and a day
original upload: 07/3/2009
Zollverein - Kokerei/Coking Plant @ Night (HDR)
The coking plant at Zollverein had been a "no-go-area” until mid 1993.
Today the artificial channel is opened for ice skating in the winter.
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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Shaft 12 (seen on my first two images of this Series) became the main supplier of new central coking plant from 1961 with its 192 ovens, which was again designed by Fritz Schupp. After an expansion in the early 1970s, Zollverein placed among the most productive coking plants worldwide with around 1.000 workers and an output of up to 8.600 tons of coke a day on the so-called dark side. The white side of the plant produced side products such as ammonia, raw benzene and raw tar.
[...]
On its 25th session in December 2001, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared both the sites of the shafts 12 and 1/2 and the cokery a World Heritage Site.
for more information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zollverein_Coal_Mine_Industrial_Com...
Have you ever had someone look at one of your photos and comment "Gee, you must have a really nice camera"?
A friend sent me an email the other day wanting to know if he should spend (a fortune) to buy a laundry list of new camera equipment because he wanted to "take better photos".
In response to that, I wanted to post this shot taken with a $199 "point and shoot" 3-megapixel digital camera. I keep it in my briefcase when I'm traveling on business and can't take my D90.
Would this shot have been better with my Nikon? Sure.... there is some noise in the sky due to using a high ISO on a cheap camera and the optics can't match a $1200 lens.... but the basic image would have been the same.
Becoming a better photographer is about learning to see differently, experimenting, learning, challenging yourself - not about how much equipment you purchase.
Key West, FL
Prince's Inlet, Nova Scotia (near Mahone Bay)
You might recognize this old shack from two earlier photos in my stream. I took this the same day as the other ones but was a little later as I was leaving. The sky was really cool but I totally underexposed the building (it was a black silhouette) so I left the image in my huge reject folder.
After reading Terry's blog (halfwit_ns) I thought I would try to rescue this image. Well after a few layers & a bit of masking I managed to make a purse out of a sow ear :-) It certainly isn't perfect as I am still learning and I realize I should have used a tripod & bracketed my shots for this contrasty subject. This photography thing is a great learning experience though. I love it!!
Thanks so much for the great info Terry!! Time for me to go through that folder a bit more. Expect a flood soon! ;-)
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taken in Koh Yao, Thailand. June 2008
My Most interesting photos for a guy called Isaias
Ko Yao (Thai: เกาะยาว) is a district (Amphoe)
Ko Yao (เกาะยาว), sometimes written Koyao, is a group of islands between Phuket and Krabi. There are two main islands, Ko Yao Noi ("Small Long Island") and Ko Yao Yai, with Noi being the more developed of the two.
Ko Yao Noi remains a beautiful island, where most people still believe that the island should be preserved from human degradation.
Sea Gypsies (Moken people) were inhabiting the Bay before anybody else, except maybe other nomadic people like forest hunters and collectors (Sakai, Negritos). The 3,500 or so inhabitants of Koh Yao Noi are thought to be recent migrants from the Malay Peninsula (Satun, Trang).
The Mon population, linguistically and culturally belonging to the Khmer ethnolinguistic group, did settled in peninsular Thailand since ever, ruling maritime states like the one of Ligor (Nakhon Si Thammarat). They melt continuously with Southern migrants from Malaysia and with Northern rulers (Thai), over centuries of commercial exchanges and political conflicts. Most probably the Mon stock remains prevalent for most of the people living nowadays in Southern Thailand, including people of Koh Yao.
Numerous cave paintings hidden in the many islands of the bay, extending from 2000 years ago to last century, attest the influence of distinct communities in the emergence of a mixed origin population, living now in the provinces of Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi and Satun.
The most recent migrations (17th-18th century) from Satun and Trang to Ko Yao Yai and Koh Yao Noi is attested by the fact that the particular dialect spoken on the island still bear obvious Malaysian lexical traces, particularely regarding toponyms and vernacular names of the flora species.
The main industries on the island are fishing and rubber planting. A little rice farming and some fruit, palm and coconut plantations are evident. Boat building and farming techniques here have been passed from father to son and, while some of the youngsters leave Ko Yao to seek the bright lights of Phuket, most return to their tight knit community
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoe_Ko_Yao
A very special place with no one in sight, kind of scary and surreal.
View On Black and Large Explore #147, 6/10/09
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Candidate for my 52 weeks for Dogs project. What do you think? Another to follow soon.
Jake and I send you greetings from our NC mountain vacation. Here we are at about 4600 ft.- and are above the clouds below us. Often there are beautiful inversions- where the top of a mountain is in sunshine above the clouds covering the valleys below. This moment is one of those magical ones. Jake is a 9 month old standard poodle puppy- he has been hiking with me in the woods- and running through the woods. I just comb out the dirt. Poodles are actually fairly easy to keep, in spite of their bad rep.
Limited computer access- so will catch up sometime.
Taken 6/8/09, posted 6/10/09
For a richer experience this image is best when you View On Black
Even an ugly ship wreck belched up from the belly of the sea can look beautiful under the right set of circumstances. All of the conditions and elements for making this image memorable were present at this moment (sun, fog, wet sand, surf, scenic background and reflections of both the wrecked sail boat and the shimmering sun in the wet sand). I'm delighted with the way this image and several others in the set turned out.
Nikon D60 Tamron 18-250 mm lens. Focal length 35 mm Exposed at 1/200 of a second at f7.1 ISO 100. As shot in the camera. No HDR or Photoshop and only some very minor post processing with Picnik to control the contrast level.
This image is copyrighted and owned by me. It cannot be used, modified, or reproduced for any purpose without my express permission. Prints may be available for purchase.
Thank you all for the many comments, awards and faves. I'm overwhelmed (pleasantly so) by the response this image is receiving.
Another spectacular Alberta sunset.
Titled after the song, "Burning Down the House,"as performed by the Talking Heads.
Watch out you might get what you're after
Cool baby strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
Hold tight wait 'til the party's over
Hold tight we're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Here's your ticket pack your bag; time for jumpin' overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
All wet yeah you might need a raincoat
Shakedown thieves walking in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty five degrees
Burning down the house
It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work say baby what did you expect
Gonna burst into flame
My house S'out of the ordinary
That's right Don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
No visible means of support and you have not seen nothing yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
Burning down the house
Click here to watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM
Thanks for stopping by.
Coldplay - Daylight from the album A Rush of Blood to the Head
Play It Loud!!
To my surprise, and my delight
I saw sunrise, I saw sunlight
I am nothing in the dark
And the clouds burst to show daylight
Ooh and the sun will shine
Yeah on this heart of mine
Ooh and I realise
Who cannot live without
Ooh come apart without
On a hill top, on a sky-rise
Like a first born child
On a full day, and a full flight
Defeat darkness, breaking daylight
Ooh and the sun will shine
Yeah on this heart of mine
Ooh and I realise
Who cannot live without
Ooh come apart without
Daylight
Slowly breaking through the daylight (10x)
- Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah
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Yes, I am fully aware this is technically a Leonard Cohen song. But I've been in love with the Jeff Buckley version for years. It's so hauntingly beautiful, it chokes me up and makes me cry every time I hear it. Have a listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIF4_Sm-rgQ
Well, I accepted that job offer today. I'm not sure whether I'm starting in a week or two weeks, but either way, I'm sad to see my extended summer vacation come to an end. I'm not sad, however, about the fact that I will have income again. My savings have been dwindling. The job is in Michigan, but it's too far for us to stay at the lake house. The commute would be around an hour and forty minutes each way, and I'm just not going to do that. So for the time being, I think we're going to spend week days/nights at my folks' house and weekends out here. At least until we find a place of our own.
I'm sort of excited to get back to work, but more than anything, I'm feeling apprehensive and scared. I was so unhappy at my last two firms, that thinking about going back to work just fills me with dread. I'm hoping this new job will put an end to that sick, uneasy feeling and be exactly what I need to embrace the practice of law again. It will be an entirely different environment from the big firms I've worked for previously, so it's got that going for it. And the attorney I'll be working for seems really cool. It'll be an adventure.
And I'd just like to say how lucky I am to have Andy. I mean, I know that sounds sappy and like it should go without saying, but I am so blessed. Sometimes we take our significant others for granted. But today I realized that I really can tackle anything life throws at me as long as I have him by my side. And that makes me feel so much stronger. Love you, Bird.
365 Days (self portraits): Day 171
30 Songs in 30 Days: Day 18 (Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley)
totw: Lyrically Inspired
trp: chair sessions
Nach langer vergeblicher Suche habe ich schließlich mit Hilfe der Denkmaldatenbank Schleswig-Holstein (efi2.schleswig-holstein.de/dish/dish_pdf/dish_pdfgenerate...) das Gebäude identifizieren können: "Alter Friedhof der ev. Gemeinde, 1807 auf winkelförmigem Grundstück ... als Ersatz für den innerstädtischen Kirchhof neu angelegt. Zunächst eingeschossiges Torhaus aus den Backsteinen der Umfassungsmauer des alten Friedhofs am heutigen Markt errichtet, 1925 aufgestockt und zur Kapelle umgebaut. Historische Drehkreuze der Vorgängeranlage ebenfalls wiederverwendet." Die Drehkreuze sind übrigens am rechten Bildrand zu erkennen. Es handelt sich also um die Friedhofskapelle. Allerdings könnten Wegweiser an dem Haus auch bedeuten, dass sich die Friedhofsverwaltung ebenfalls hier befindet, beide mit Eingang von der Friedhofsseite.
After a long search in vain, I was finally able to identify the building with the help of the Schleswig-Holstein Monument Database (efi2.schleswig-holstein.de/dish/dish_pdf/dish_pdfgenerate...): ‘Old cemetery of the Protestant parish, 1807 on an angular plot ... newly laid out as a replacement for the town centre churchyard. Initially a single-storey gatehouse built from the bricks of the enclosing wall of the old cemetery at today's market, it was extended in 1925 and converted into a chapel. Historic turnstiles from the previous complex were also reused.’ The turnstiles can be recognised on the right-hand side of the picture. This is therefore the cemetery chapel. However, signposts on the building could also mean that the cemetery administration is also located here, both with an entrance from the cemetery side.
Plön ist die Kreisstadt des Kreises Plön in Schleswig-Holstein und hat knapp 9000 Einwohner. Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist das Schloss, das im 17. Jahrhundert erbaut wurde. Plön besitzt ein Gymnasium mit 300-jähriger Geschichte, ist Standort der Marineunteroffizierschule und Sitz des Max-Planck-Instituts für Evolutionsbiologie.
Inhaltsverzeichnis Plön liegt direkt am größten Binnensee Schleswig-Holsteins, dem Großen Plöner See, und ist eingebettet in die hügelige Seenlandschaft der Holsteinischen Schweiz. Nur 7,8 km² des Stadtgebietes sind Landfläche. Der Rest des Stadtgebietes verteilt sich auf elf Seen, die vollständig zur Stadt Plön gehören, und fünf weitere, an denen Plön einen Anteil hat.
Durch Erbteilungen innerhalb des dänischen Königshauses entstand 1622 das Herzogtum Schleswig-Holstein-Plön. Mit Errichtung des Plöner Schlosses anstelle der alten Burg 1633–1636 durch Herzog Joachim Ernst wurde Plön Hauptstadt des kleinen Fürstentums. Als Residenzstadt erfuhr Plön eine beträchtliche Aufwertung. So gründete Herzog Johann Adolph („Hans Adolf“) 1685 im Nordwesten der Stadt die Neustadt, um hier Handwerker anzusiedeln und damit die Wirtschaftskraft des Herzogtums zu steigern. Unter Friedrich Carl wurde das Schlossgebiet um mehrere barocke Gebäude und einen Lustgarten erweitert. Die Stadt besaß damals ca. 1000 Einwohner. 1761 fiel das Herzogtum an die dänische Krone zurück, da der letzte Herzog keine Erben hatte. Damit gehörte Plön bis zum Bundesexekution Ende 1863 wie das restliche Herzogtum Holstein einerseits zum dänischen Gesamtstaat, andererseits aber auch zum Heiligen Römischen Reich (bis 1806) bzw. zum Deutschen Bund. Es diente zeitweilig dem dänischen König als Sommerresidenz, blieb ansonsten aber eine Provinzstadt mit ungefähr 2000 Einwohnern. Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts weilte der dänische Kronprinz einige Jahre zur Sommerfrische im Schloss, das seither seinen weißen Putz mit dem grauen Dach zeigt.
1867 wurde Plön, nun Teil Preußens, nach Inkrafttreten der preußischen Verwaltungsreform Kreisstadt. Die Hohenzollern-Prinzen erhielten ihre schulische Ausbildung zum Teil in Plön; die Prinzeninsel ist heute noch im Besitz des Hauses Hohenzollern. Für Besuche der Kaiserfamilie wurde ein eigener Bahnhof errichtet. König (später Kaiser) Wilhelm I. bestimmte 1868 das Schloss Plön zur Kadettenanstalt. Die ersten 100 Kadetten im Alter von 11 bis 13 Jahren zogen am 1. Mai jenes Jahres ein. Im Jahr 1896 beschloss Wilhelm II., der letzte deutsche Kaiser, seinen beiden ältesten Söhnen Wilhelm und Eitel Friedrich eine geistige und militärische Ausbildung in der Kadettenanstalt Plön zuteilwerden zu lassen. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg wurde daraus ein Internat, das 1933–1945 als Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt diente. Seit 1946 war es wieder staatliches Internat und das bis 2000.
1891 gründete Emil Otto Zacharias mit finanzieller Unterstützung der preußischen Regierung und mehrerer Privatleute am Plöner See die erste „Biologische Station“ für Süßwasserforschung auf deutschem Boden als privates Forschungsinstitut. Nach seinem Tod übernahm August Thienemann die Leitung. Als Nachfolgeinstitution existierte lange das Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie. Dieser Institutsstandort wurde, nach insgesamt 115 Jahren der limnologischen Forschung, als Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie auf andere Schwerpunkte ausgerichtet. Plön ist außerdem „Korporativ Förderndes Mitglied“ der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.
Plön is the administrative centre of the County of Plön in Schleswig-Holstein and has just under 9,000 inhabitants. The town's landmark is thePalace, which was built in the 17th century. Plön has a grammar school with a 300-year history, is home to the naval non-commissioned officer school and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.
Plön is located directly on the largest inland lake in Schleswig-Holstein, the Großer Plöner See, and is embedded in the hilly lake landscape of Holstein Switzerland. Only 7.8 km² of the town area is land. The rest of the town area is divided between eleven lakes that belong entirely to the town of Plön and five others in which Plön has a share.
The Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön was created in 1622 through inheritance divisions within the Danish royal family. With the construction of Plön Castle in 1633-1636 by Duke Joachim Ernst to replace the old castle, Plön became the capital of the small principality. As a residential town, Plön was considerably upgraded. In 1685, Duke Johann Adolph ("Hans Adolf") founded the New Town in the north-west of the town in order to attract craftsmen and thus increase the economic power of the duchy. Under Friedrich Carl, several baroque buildings and a pleasure garden were added to the palace grounds. The town had a population of around 1000 at the time. In 1761, the duchy reverted to the Danish crown as the last duke had no heirs. This meant that Plön, like the rest of the Duchy of Holstein, belonged to the Danish state on the one hand, but also to the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) and the German Confederation on the other, until the Confederation was decreed at the end of 1863. For a time, it served as a summer residence for the Danish king, but otherwise remained a provincial town with around 2000 inhabitants. In the middle of the 19th century, the Danish crown prince spent a few years at the castle for his summer retreat, which has retained its white plaster and grey roof ever since.
In 1867, Plön, now part of Prussia, became a County centre after the Prussian administrative reform came into force. Some of the Hohenzollern princes received their schooling in Plön; the Prinzeninsel is still owned by the House of Hohenzollern today. A railway station was built for visits by the imperial family. King (later Emperor) Wilhelm I designated Plön Castle as a cadet school in 1868. The first 100 cadets aged 11 to 13 moved in on 1 May of that year. In 1896, Wilhelm II, the last German emperor, decided to give his two eldest sons Wilhelm and Eitel Friedrich an intellectual and military education at the Plön cadet school. After the First World War, it became a boarding school, which served as a national political education centre from 1933 to 1945. It became a state boarding school again in 1946 until 2001.
In 1891, Emil Otto Zacharias founded the first "Biological Station" for freshwater research on German soil as a private research institute on Lake Plön with financial support from the Prussian government and several private individuals. After his death, August Thienemann took over the management. The Max Planck Institute for Limnology existed for a long time as a successor institution. After a total of 115 years of limnological research, this institute site was reorganised as the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology with a different focus. Plön is also a "Corporate Supporting Member" of the Max Planck Society.
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The Baker Hotel Lobby, Mineral Wells, Texas.
The Baker Hotel, an infamous landmark here in Texas, was built in the late 1920's in Mineral Wells, a town of about 30,000 people (at the time) about an hour and a half west of Dallas by hotel magnate T.B. Baker. For a town of this size, the Baker was an absolute mammoth of a Hotel, and completely dominated the skyline at the time, as it does to this very day.
I use the term "infamous" because of all the ghost stories surrounding this hotel. It's widely regarded as the most haunted place in Texas, and one of the most haunted in the country. You can learn more about the Baker's undead residents here.
So why would a modest little Texas town like Mineral Wells suddenly need a massive, 450 room luxury resort hotel in the middle of it? The answer is in the name of the town itself; the mineral wells located there, the water from which was regarded at the time as a cure for a whole range of illnesses, such as rheumatism and epilepsy.
For a time, the Baker became just what it's creators had envisioned; a huge resort hotel and retreat for the health-conscious well-to-do from all over the country. In it's heyday, it hosted such celebrities as Marlene Dietrich, Dorothy Lamour, Will Rodgers, Pat Boone, Tom Mix, Clyde Barrow, Jack Dempsey, Roy Rodgers, and the Three Stooges. Likewise, the Baker attracted some of the most popular musical acts of the day, such as Lawrence Welk and Guy Lombardo.
Around 1933, Mr. Baker passed ownership of the hotel to his nephew Earl Baker, who operated the hotel for the next 30 years. Earl had always said that when he turned 70, he would close down the Baker, and sure enough that's exactly what he did on April 30th, 1963. In 1967, Earl was found lying on the floor, succumbing to a heart attack.
In 1965, under the guidance of a group of local leaders, the Baker was reopened, but sadly, her time had passed, and she was closed again in 1972, this time for good.
Night, ambient sodium & mercury vapor through front doors, xenon streamlight & red-gelled strobe.
Rupit, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Rupit and Pruit (in Catalan Rupit i Pruit) are a municipality of the region of Osona located to the northeast of the region and the east of the Sierra de Cabrera. It is integrated by two urban nuclei: Rupit and Pruit, that they were independent until year 1980. It is the last town of the province of Barcelona in the highway that unites the municipalities of Vic, capital of the region of Osona and Olot, capital of the region of the Garrotxa (Girona).
The origin of the town we found in the castle that was constructed around year 1000, replacing the one of Fàbregues, where they went constructing houses around.
In 14th century the population underwent a reduction but it recovered, arriving in 17th and 18th centuries at the maximum splendor that has never had the town. The church was possibly built between 13th and 14th centuries, and it was dedicated to San Miguel Arcángel.
Pruit already names in year 955, when it belonged to viscounts of Osona. Always there is been united to the castle and jurisdiction of Rupit.
Sources: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_y_Pruit and pieraedicions.com/rupitpruitbreuhistoria.htm.
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CASTELLANO
Rupit y Pruit (en catalán Rupit i Pruit) es un municipio de la comarca de Osona situado al noreste de la comarca y al este de la Sierra de Cabrera. Está integrado por dos núcleos urbanos: Rupit y Pruit, que fueron independientes hasta el año 1977. Es el último pueblo de la provincia de Barcelona en la carretera que une los municipios de Vic, capital de la comarca de Osona y Olot, capital de la comarca de La Garrotxa (Gerona).
La iglesia de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y su castillo están documentados desde el año 968. Hacia el siglo XII surgió el pueblo de Rupit habitado por familias nobles. En 1878, la iglesia de Rupit dejó de depender de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y en 1959 el municipio pasó a llamarse Rupit. En 1977 se unieron los municipios de Rupit y Pruit.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_i_Pruit
and paleeese, none of those seizure-like glittery howdy-do graphics,
also no multi-group invites - I've just not had much time for group participation. thx...
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oh, and Kath - I will post that bug close up soon, promise...
Son tan frágiles, son tan débiles, son tan vulnerables.
Pero por suerte allí estamos nosotros, los padres, para brindarles todo nuestro amor y protección.
Hasta que un día, finalmente, puedan abandonar su cálido nido.
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They are so fragile, so weak, so vulnerable.
But luckily there we are, as parents, to offer all our love and protection.
Until one day, finally, they will abandon their warm nest.
Strobist info: SB-900 1/128 power 200mm zoom with 50cm snoot camera left. Triggered by PW.
et mes petits camarades....
anne flickr.com/photos/12346165@N00/3302736355/in/pool-petitpr...
manue flickr.com/photos/olam/3302460131/in/pool-petitprojetcommun/
marine flickr.com/photos/8559973@N02/3302802025/
prof flickr.com/photos/26390076@N05/3300590168/
sam flickr.com/photos/28005804@N04/3300613214/
sophie www.flickr.com/photos/23741543@N04/3304636252/in/pool-pet...
paula www.flickr.com/photos/paula6805/3303514121/in/pool-petitp...
Street scene from Rawalpindi, inside the "old" city. This is not a tourist "souk" or bazaar, in fact, you never see any foreigner ! People are all the more happy to see you, discuss (even if it's in a broken english) and often, offer you tea ;-)
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Lifestyle (Recommended as a slideshow)
Esplanade des Invalides: a new anti-CPE demonstration on the 23 turned even more violent than the 18. A couple of photographers have been beaten up by provovateurs, a few cameras stolen, and large riots erupted in different places of this huge esplanade. At least 3 cars have been burnt as well as part of a building.
Here, a fireman is trying to extinguish the fire still burning under the car. He won't suceed, and shortly after, the firemen will have to flip the car on its side to expose the reservoir.
Part of Demonstrations
HDR image processed from 5 exposures with Photomatix Pro.
Seen and captured (this time with tripod :-) ) in Berne ... the lovely town where I was born. Showing Kramgasse in the medieval old town with the famous Zeitglockenturm in the background.
Explore 17/06/2010 #424
Thanks so much my friends!
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La primavera de Vivaldi - Els Pinyons
Ayer paseé por primera vez por un lugar de ensueño...
El Jardín Botánico-Histórico de La Concepción de Málaga...
Es un paseo espectacular viajas a través del mudo por su flora...con auténticas selvas tropicales, bosques y jardines de todo tipo...con una temperatura increíble en algunos de ellos....
El Espectáculo por antonomasia en estos días es la floración de la Glicinia una maravillosa planta que en su floración -solo dura 15 días al año- da unos ramilletes de flores moradas absolutamente preciosos, que envuelven el ambiente con un suave aroma a vainilla...
El cenador de la imagen te transporta a otro mundo es un sueño total y fantástico...
también puedes ver como la planta trepa por las palmeras llegando a alcanzar en algunos casos los 20 metros de altura....
El espectáculo de la naturaleza en estado puro..
Buen Fin de Semana & Feliz Semana Santa a Todos..
Gracias & Besos
I took a walk yesterday for the first time by a dream place…
The Botanical-Historical Garden of the Conception of Malaga…
It is a spectacular stroll you travel through dumb by his flora. with authentic tropical forests, forests and gardens of all type…with an incredible temperature in some of them….
The main Spectacle in these days is the flowering of the Glicinia a wonderful plant that in its flowering - it only lasts 15 days to the year- gives branch of absolutely precious mulberry flowers, that surround the atmosphere with a smooth aroma to vanilla…
The cenador of transports you to the image to another world is a total and fantastic dream…
also you can see as the plant climb by the palms arriving to reach in some cases the 20 meters of height….
The Epectacle of the Nature in pure state....
Good Weekend & Happy Easter to All. ..
Thanks & Kisses
hoverfly... good for gardens! (thanks, nutmeg66!!!) supping on a cosmos bloom
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly
as always, you can check out my Explore set here: www.flickr.com/photos/starlisa/sets/72157594588852642/
or my most interesting 30 shots here:
interestingby.isaias.com.mx/pm.php?id=53427116@N00&th...
woo woo~! thank you all, Explore #20 tonight September 7 (0r is it the 8th now?)
Goodnight!
© Luxgnos Photography / Brian Callahan 2011 All rights reserved.
"The labor of a human being is not a commodity or an article of commerce."
Clayton Anti-Trust Act 1914
"Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail."
Abraham Lincoln
Labor day is not just for parties and festivals, but a time to remember the brave leaders and men and women of the labor movement who walked the lines, took the beatings and did the work that ended child labor, started the path toward employment equality for women, gave us the 8 hour day, 40 hour week, overtime, paid vacations, health care and the great United States middle class. Too many heros to mention but here are some favorites:
Eugene Debs
Saul Alinsky
Mother Jones
Walter Reuther
John Lewis
Joe Hill
Woody Guthrie
Cesar Chavez
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
Studs Terkel
The Labor Legacy Landmark
With its shining arch rising 63 feet above the ground, the Labor Legacy Landmark, "Transcending," draws attention to itself as one of the newest additions to the Detroit skyline. The piece, commissioned by the Michigan Labor Legacy Project and funded solely through donations from union members without the aid of public or corporate money, is designed to celebrate the history and contributions of labor. The only such monument in the United States, the Labor Legacy Landmark is the work of local sculptors David Barr and Sergio De Giusti.
Barr, a teacher of sculpture and an internationally acclaimed artist, created the "Four Corners Project," in which he placed four carved marble tetrahedrons at equidistant sites around the globe, in effect creating the largest sculpture ever made. The Italian-born De Giusti is best known for his representative relief works, on display at public institutions throughout the state and around the world. One of De Giusti's works,a nine-foot bronze freestanding relief, is prominently displayed at the main plaza of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Building.
Barr, whose work is primarily abstract and symbolic, sought out the collaboration with De Giusti in order to add a more intimate dimension to the project. Both men envisioned something other than the funereal, European tradition of famous leaders commemorated by solemn statues. Instead, they set out to create a space - an environment where viewers can enjoy art as they come to understand and appreciate the struggles of labor.
From afar, (the piece can be seen from Canada) the work's great stainless steel arch is its most visible aspect. The notched, rounded arch resembles the ubiquitous symbol of labor - the gear and serves as a testament to labor's spirit of exuberance and defiance.
"Transcending's" circular form also stands in contrast to the city's grid-like design as a symbol of inclusion. The bottom of the gear appears to merge into the earth. Barr says, "The world drives industry and labor, and industry and labor drive the world."
The arch rests on a circular, raised dais, and is partially encircled by seven granite boulders all split symmetrically in two. According to De Giusti "Stones have a great presence and have always been used to commemorate events. They are markers of a people and a generation." Brought from Vermont, the stones suggest a strong linkage to the past and their permanence creates a link towards our future.
The boulders' polished surfaces are adorned with De Giusti's bronze reliefs which depict the sacrifices and achievements of labor. His method of presenting objects pushing through and receding into the flat surface of the relief, suggests the embedding of fossils in stone. In direct sunlight, the bronze shines like a geode from within the split rock.
The piece also includes a twisting marble path. A tile at the beginning of the path is engraved with the words, "Labor's achievements are America's strength," and subsequent tiles enumerate those achievements - "Free public education," "Human rights," "Equality for women." Other tiles feature historical labor-related quotes such as "Without struggle there is no progress" (attributed to Frederick Douglas), and Martin Luther King's words, "The arc of history bends toward justice."
De Giusti's reliefs line the path at it spirals inward. At the spiral's center are two boulders - one displaying chains and the other displaying hands - directly below the apex of Barr's arch. A look straight upwards reveals that the arch is divided by a narrow gap at the top. This separation symbolizes how far labor has come and how far it still has to go. At night the arch is made whole by lights projecting from the two disconnected ends.
When the piece was still in the proposal stage, then-Mayor Dennis Archer told the Detroit Free Press, "What the labor movement is doing is reminding everybody who builds buildings that public art also has a place in the betterment of a city." In "Transcending" Barr and De Giusti have created not only an important piece of art but also a significant historical and educational setting designed to connect viewers to the past and inspire them to affect their future. - Nick Sousanis
[fr]: Une journée ensoleillée à la Place d'armes, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
[image info]: NO HDR (single exposures at -1ev) - vertorama from 3 images - Nikon D200 - tripod - Sigma 10-20mm@12mm
[Level of Retouching]: 20% (levels, general and local curves, vibrancy, photomerge, perspective correction) - total processing time: 40 minutes
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Icy wind blows between the houses, flashes quickly in the night on the streets of the rotten city. A shade, a woman, her eyes are shiver and charm, her look magnetize you, it won't let you go.
The photoshoot shows the creature in an own perspective, who became nowadays very popular in books, films and series. The vampire. The immortal being of the past, the present and the future.
Look at the whole series!
Az időn át - Vámpír krónikák (a jelen)
Jeges szél süvít a házak közt, fürgén cikázik az éjszakában a romlott város utcáin. Egy árny, egy nő, a szeme borzongás és igézet, megbűvöl a tekintete, nem ereszt.
A sorozat saját szemszögünkből mutatja be azt a lényt, aki mára oly divatossá vált könyvekben, filmekben és tévésorozatokban. A vámpírt. A múlt, a jelen és a jövő alakját, aki halhatatlansággal bír.
Nézd meg a sorozat többi darabját is!
Info:
Concept, model: Ágnes Vincze
Makeup artist: Dóra Vízhányó
Hair stylist: Gábor Antal
Strobist info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/4 power at camera right 80º into a reflective white umbrella, fired with Phottix Tetra PT-04II wireless trigger
Strobist.hu info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/4 teljesítményen kamera jobb 80º-ról, fehér visszaverő ernyőbe Phottix Tetra PT-04II-vel indítva.
SEE Tree - 2012 - #3 Large On Black
Check www.lucacesari.com and its totally new layout!
Dear Flickr friends,
I can't believe it's more than THREE months without any upload from me. I'm concentrating on many different projects, and I am spending less and less time online these days.
I have finally completed the project I was working on since last September.
It evolved substantially by what I had in mind when I first started, and I am definitely happy with it.
You will see the images in the next months; meanwhile I will be uploading these other ones, that have been sitting forgotten on my hard drive for too many months.
Moreover, I have many important announcements which will be made public in these next weeks/months.
Anyway, this image is one of those coming from my (many) studies on trees.
It will not be included in my 'final' series, but I still think it's worth sharing.
It was shot last November, before winter arrived and made all the leaves on this black puplar fall.
p.s. Those who also follow me on Google+ have probably seen this, but I'm sure many here haven't!
Details
- CANON 5d Mark II ir, EF 17-40@19, f/9, 64 s, ISO 50
- Mirror Lockup, Remote Shutter
- Lee Big Stopper (10 stops ND filter)
- Tripod
The shot
Italy
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Added many soft light layers to adjust the light;
- Added some custom gradients to equalize the light;
- Added a few curves to improve contrasts;
- Applied Noise Reduction
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied an Unsharp Mask to slightly improve contrast;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (On luminosity 'blending mode', with the sky masked off);
- Framing and Signature.
@ You all
Comments and faves are always welcome!
Hope you're doing great! I will try to get back to your latest works on the next days
Ho soffiato sulle nuvole
di TITTY(bio.)
Ho soffiato sulle nuvole addensate sui miei ricordi,
ho fermato lacrime sospese nel vuoto,
distillate nel cuore,
perse tra sibili di vento,
ho cercato fate evanescenti disperse tra i fiori di lavanda e il cielo piangente di un agosto dimenticato,
ho incatenato sogni dipingendoli con pennelli colorati,
ho navigato su un mare di vortici,
vela spinta da un tempo d'oblio
e sono rimasta appesa a rimpianti,
cent'anni in una mano e nell'altra scintille di stelle.
I have blown on the clouds
of TITTY (bio.)
I have blown on the clouds thickened on my memories,
I have stopped tears it suspended in the void,
you distill in the heart,
lost among hisses of wind,
I have looked for lost evanescent fairies between the flowers of lavender and the crying sky of one forgotten August,
I have chained dreams painting them with colored brushes,
I have sailed on a sea of vortexes,
it veils pushed from once of forgetfulness
and I have been suspended to regrets,
one hundred years in a hand and in the other sparks of stars.
He soplado sobre las nubes
de TITTY(bio.)
He soplado sobre las nubes condensadas de mis recuerdos,
he parado lágrimas suspendidas en el vacío,
destiladas en el corazón,
perdidas entre silbidos de viento,
he buscado hadas borrosas náufragas entre las flores de lavanda y el cielo llorante de un agosto olvidado,
he encadenado sueños pintándolos con pinceles colorados,
he navegado sobre un mar de remolinos,
vela empujada de un tiempo de olvido
y he quedado colgada a añoranzas,
ciento años en una mano y en las otras chispas de estrellas.
© Angela M. Lobefaro Explore
taken on the longtailboat boat towards Bamboo Island, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand.
June 2008
The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) are located in Thailand, between the large island of Phuket and the western Andaman Sea coast of the mainland. Phi Phi Don, the larger and principal of the two Phi Phi islands, is located at [show location on an interactive map] 7°44′00″N, 98°46′00″E. Both Phi Phi Don, and Phi Phi Leh, the smaller, are administratively part of Krabi province, most of which is on the mainland, and is located at [show location on an interactive map] 8°02′30″N, 98°48′39″E.
Ko Phi Phi Don ("ko" (Thai: เกาะ) meaning "island" in the Thai language) is the largest island of the group, and is the only island with permanent inhabitants, although the beaches of the second largest island, Ko Phi Phi Lee (or "Ko Phi Phi Leh"), are visited by many people as well. There are no accommodation facilities on this island, but it is just a short boat ride from Ko Phi Phi Don. The rest of the islands in the group, including Bida Nok, Bida Noi, and Bamboo Island, are not much more than large limestone rocks jutting out of the sea.
Phi Phi Don was initially populated by Muslim fishermen during the late 1940s, and later became a coconut plantation. The Thai population of Phi Phi Don remains more than 80% Muslim.But the actual population if counting laborers, especially from the north-east, from the mainland is much more Buddhist these days.
Ko Phi Phi Leh was the backdrop for the 2000 movie The Beach. Phi Phi Leh also houses the 'Viking Cave', from which there is a thriving bird's nest soup industry. There was criticism during filming of 'The Beach' that the permission granted to the film company to physically alter the environment inside Phi Phi Islands National Park was illegal. [1] The controversy cooled down however, when it was discovered that the producers had done such a decent job of restoring the place that it finally looked better than it had done before.
Following the release of The Beach, tourism on Phi Phi Don increased dramatically, and with it the population of the island. Many buildings were constructed without planning permission.[citation needed]
Ko Phi Phi was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, when nearly all of the island's infrastructure was wiped out. Redevelopment has, however, been swift, and services like electricity, water, Internet access and ATMs are up and running again, but waste handling has been slower to come back online.
My Most interesting photos for a guy called Isaias
Anthurium Lily, one of my favourite exotic blooms.
Anthurium (pronounced /ænˈθjʊəriəm/)[1] (Schott, 1829), is a large genus of about 600- 800 (possibly 1,000) species, belonging to the arum family (Araceae). Anthurium can also be called "Flamingo Flower" or "Boy Flower", both referring to the structure of the spathe and spadix.
TROPICOS lists 1901 types, although some of these are duplicates. It is one of the largest and probably the most complex genus of this family; certainly it is one of the most variable. Many species are undoubtedly not yet described and new ones are being found every year. The species has neotropical distribution; mostly in wet tropical mountain forest of Central America and South America, but some in semi-arid environments. Most species occur in Panama, Colombia, Brazil, the Guiana Shield and Ecuador.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthurium
Enjoy your evening / morning and thanks so much for dropping by.
Úbeda est une ville d’Espagne, située dans la province de Jaén, communauté autonome d’Andalousie.
Úbeda es una ciudad española y un municipio de la provincia de Jaén, capital de la comarca de La Loma de Úbeda, en la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía.
Ubeda is a town in the province of Jaén in Spain's autonomous community of Andalusia, with some 36,025 inhabitants. Both this city and the neighboring city of Baeza benefited from extensive patronage in the early 16th century resulting in the construction of a series of Renaissance style palaces and churches, which have been preserved ever since. In 2003, UNESCO declared the historic cores and monuments of these two towns a World Heritage Site.
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Where: Sweden, Skåne, Söderåsen: google maps.
When: 20100515, on a photo trip top Skåne
How and why: Love water under long exposure, but this river wasn't very fast and didn't ogger any great falls that I could find, so to capture an image like this it was a matter of finding a nice little rapid that wasn't disturbed with too many twigs and other things, and try to isolate the scene.
Editing: Cropping, added contrast, minor adjustments.
The Tomato Pie is an upscale Italian Restaurant located in the heart of the Osborne St. Village in Winnipeg. The floors above appear to be apartment rentals from this image I took during the celebrations on July 1st this year when the street was closed for festival events.
And while the Tomato Pie is billed as a fun place to wine and dine, and it certainly is, I think the real fun probably takes place on the second floor.....just saying...:-)
Would you pay a little extra for a seat on the second floor.....lol,
Best Viewed BLACK
From my back at the farm "Songkran" series taken early in the year with my then trusty D40... every sunset was of Gold and Orange as intense as seen.. A unique and enticing place.. where people are people.. the drawback rudimentary dwellings, boot camp/ jungle comfort no aircon (a real killer... lol.) in the real boonies :-).
The Northeast region of Thailand is known as Isaan and is home to the second largest people group in the country. In Thai, Isaan refers to the people, the dialect and the land area of the Northeast. One can be Isaan, speak Isaan and be from Isaan. The Isaan region includes 170,218 square kilometers, about one third of the country’s total area. In 1997 the population of Isaan was 21,086,501 or 35% of Thailand’s total population.
Isaan are a hard working, good-natured people of Laotian descent. They are in the process of acculturation to the predominate Central Thai culture, but for the most part they still form a distinct cultural group as evidenced by the use of their own language, their eating habits and their distinct social class.
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Prise de ma serie "Songkran: de cette annee..
je m'excuse de ne pas prendre tout le temps necessaire a la traduction de ce qui est copier / coller ci-dessus et je m'en excuse humblement.. mais je sais aussi que pour la plupart comme moi .. On se demerde plutot mieux quela moyenne en anglais.. L0L :-)
To each and every one have a super Sunday :-0